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Maia Kitty has Hyperthyroid Disease
Maia Kitty was recently diagnosed with Feline Hyperthyroid disease. I
have created a website (www.savemaiakitty.com) to help raise money for her treatment and to help others become more informed about this common ailment in cats. If you have any helpful info about this disease or would like to make a "cat-ribution", please let me know. Thanks! |
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"Save Maia Kitty" wrote in message om... Maia Kitty was recently diagnosed with Feline Hyperthyroid disease. I have created a website (www.savemaiakitty.com) to help raise money for her treatment and to help others become more informed about this common ailment in cats. If you have any helpful info about this disease or would like to make a "cat-ribution", please let me know. Thanks! All you have to do is give Maia Tapazole until you can save the money for the radiation treatment. Tapazole is cheap and effective and Maia can live a long healthy life if you NEVER get her the $1,200 radiation treatment. Many of us have hyperthyroid cats. |
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"Barb" wrote in message . verio.net... My cat has a hyper thyroid and has been on thyroid medication for several years. We now get her meds from the Road Runner-$70 for 100 capsules. That's less than a dollar a day. Telephone # 877-518-4589. Call is free and so far shipping has been free, too. There are blood tests every few months to make sure the dose is correct but again that averages out to $1 a day. So get yourself a can and start saving those dollars. Two dollars a day should cover all with maybe $30 left over every few months or so. Or throw all your loose change in at the end of each day. -- She has already had the radiation therapy done, with the help of over a hundred charity dollars, but wants us to reimburse her for more of it. It's her cat, but for some reason we need to pay the $900 + not already paid for by other suckers. |
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My cat has a hyper thyroid and has been on thyroid medication for several
years. We now get her meds from the Road Runner-$70 for 100 capsules. That's less than a dollar a day. Telephone # 877-518-4589. Call is free and so far shipping has been free, too. There are blood tests every few months to make sure the dose is correct but again that averages out to $1 a day. So get yourself a can and start saving those dollars. Two dollars a day should cover all with maybe $30 left over every few months or so. Or throw all your loose change in at the end of each day. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. |
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"Mary" wrote in message . com... "Barb" wrote in message . verio.net... My cat has a hyper thyroid and has been on thyroid medication for several years. We now get her meds from the Road Runner-$70 for 100 capsules. That's less than a dollar a day. Telephone # 877-518-4589. Call is free and so far shipping has been free, too. There are blood tests every few months to make sure the dose is correct but again that averages out to $1 a day. So get yourself a can and start saving those dollars. Two dollars a day should cover all with maybe $30 left over every few months or so. Or throw all your loose change in at the end of each day. -- She has already had the radiation therapy done, That's what I initially thoiught, but... unless I read it wrong... with the help of over a hundred charity dollars, but wants us to reimburse her for more of it. It's her cat, but for some reason we need to pay the $900 + not already paid for by other suckers. The Home page of the website says that they have decided to do the radiotherapy, but that Maia is still rapidly losing weight, is down to 5 lbs., & they want donations for the treatment. Yeah, right. One reason that's given (on the home page) for the radiation treatment: more cost effective in the long run - ha!, yeah, if you get a slew of other people to pay your cat's vet bill for you. To Maia's owner - why on earth are you not treating her with Tapazole in the meantime?!!! There is no reason for her to continue to be hyperthyroid. Tapazole - or its generic equivalent of methimazole - is _not_ an expensive drug. Cathy |
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Cathy Friedmann wrote:
The Home page of the website says that they have decided to do the radiotherapy, but that Maia is still rapidly losing weight, is down to 5 lbs., & they want donations for the treatment. Yeah, right. One reason that's given (on the home page) for the radiation treatment: more cost effective in the long run - ha!, yeah, if you get a slew of other people to pay your cat's vet bill for you. Thyroid surgery costs a fraction of what radiation therapy costs, and Gideon's recovery was so rapid and easy, I have to recommend it to anyone having difficulty raising the money for radiation treatment. Keeping the cat on Tapazole long-term is not very expensive either, but some cats react badly to it, like mine did during his test period on Tapazole. But a friend's cat did well on Tapazole for several years, until over time the dose had to be increased and increased until any more would be toxic, and she had the radioactive therapy done. -- jamie ) "There's a seeker born every minute." |
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"jamie" wrote in message ... Cathy Friedmann wrote: The Home page of the website says that they have decided to do the radiotherapy, but that Maia is still rapidly losing weight, is down to 5 lbs., & they want donations for the treatment. Yeah, right. One reason that's given (on the home page) for the radiation treatment: more cost effective in the long run - ha!, yeah, if you get a slew of other people to pay your cat's vet bill for you. Thyroid surgery costs a fraction of what radiation therapy costs, and Gideon's recovery was so rapid and easy, I have to recommend it to anyone having difficulty raising the money for radiation treatment. Jamie, My vet told me that the down side to the surgery is that it is easy to take too much of the parathyroid, which causes problems. Here, the surgery would have been about $600 instead of the $1,200 for the radiation. I will have the radiation done for my girl as soon as we have seen that her thyroid levels have been in a good range for a few months. |
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This is from Maia's mama, who created www.savemaiakitty.com. While
some of you may not agree with the treatment I have chosen for Maia (Radioactive Iodine Therapy), I feel it was the best solution for my cat. I did what I thought I had to do. It was explained to me by several vets that this was the best form, as surgery was not guaranteed (at about $600), and that there could be problems with Tapazole (ie: kidney and liver damage, plus vomitting--which Maia already has an issue with...). So I did look at all the costs and factors, and decided that the radioiodine solution would eventually equal the costs of medicine over a 2 year period, which was confirmed by my vet as well. As far as asking for others to help out, well, why not? I love may cat more than anything and am doing all I can for her. There are many nice people out there (and not "suckers" as someone wrote) who genuinely love giving to others in need. Not everything has to be done in conventional ways, and I find it courageous to be able to ask for help when we need it. I am so thankful for all who have expressed concern for my little kitty and to those who have given on her behalf. (jamie) wrote in message ... Cathy Friedmann wrote: The Home page of the website says that they have decided to do the radiotherapy, but that Maia is still rapidly losing weight, is down to 5 lbs., & they want donations for the treatment. Yeah, right. One reason that's given (on the home page) for the radiation treatment: more cost effective in the long run - ha!, yeah, if you get a slew of other people to pay your cat's vet bill for you. Thyroid surgery costs a fraction of what radiation therapy costs, and Gideon's recovery was so rapid and easy, I have to recommend it to anyone having difficulty raising the money for radiation treatment. Keeping the cat on Tapazole long-term is not very expensive either, but some cats react badly to it, like mine did during his test period on Tapazole. But a friend's cat did well on Tapazole for several years, until over time the dose had to be increased and increased until any more would be toxic, and she had the radioactive therapy done. |
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This is from Maia's mama, who created www.savemaiakitty.com. While
some of you may not agree with the treatment I have chosen for Maia (Radioactive Iodine Therapy), I feel it was the best solution for my cat. I did what I thought I had to do. It was explained to me by several vets that this was the best form, as surgery was not guaranteed (at about $600), and that there could be problems with Tapazole (ie: kidney and liver damage, plus vomitting--which Maia already has an issue with...). So I did look at all the costs and factors, and decided that the radioiodine solution would eventually equal the costs of medicine over a 2 year period, which was confirmed by my vet as well. As far as asking for others to help out, well, why not? I love may cat more than anything and am doing all I can for her. There are many nice people out there (and not "suckers" as someone wrote) who genuinely love giving to others in need. Not everything has to be done in conventional ways, and I find it courageous to be able to ask for help when we need it. I am so thankful for all who have expressed concern for my little kitty and to those who have given on her behalf. (jamie) wrote in message ... Cathy Friedmann wrote: The Home page of the website says that they have decided to do the radiotherapy, but that Maia is still rapidly losing weight, is down to 5 lbs., & they want donations for the treatment. Yeah, right. One reason that's given (on the home page) for the radiation treatment: more cost effective in the long run - ha!, yeah, if you get a slew of other people to pay your cat's vet bill for you. Thyroid surgery costs a fraction of what radiation therapy costs, and Gideon's recovery was so rapid and easy, I have to recommend it to anyone having difficulty raising the money for radiation treatment. Keeping the cat on Tapazole long-term is not very expensive either, but some cats react badly to it, like mine did during his test period on Tapazole. But a friend's cat did well on Tapazole for several years, until over time the dose had to be increased and increased until any more would be toxic, and she had the radioactive therapy done. |
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"Save Maia Kitty" wrote in message om... This is from Maia's mama, who created www.savemaiakitty.com. While some of you may not agree with the treatment I have chosen for Maia (Radioactive Iodine Therapy), I feel it was the best solution for my cat. I did what I thought I had to do. It was explained to me by several vets that this was the best form, as surgery was not guaranteed (at about $600), and that there could be problems with Tapazole (ie: kidney and liver damage, plus vomitting--which Maia already has an issue with...). So I did look at all the costs and factors, and decided that the radioiodine solution would eventually equal the costs of medicine over a 2 year period, which was confirmed by my vet as well. As far as asking for others to help out, well, why not? I love may cat more than anything and am doing all I can for her. There are many nice people out there (and not "suckers" as someone wrote) who genuinely love giving to others in need. Not everything has to be done in conventional ways, and I find it courageous to be able to ask for help when we need it. I am so thankful for all who have expressed concern for my little kitty and to those who have given on her behalf. "Save Maia Kitty" is really deceiving, given that her life has never been in danger. You are a user, plain and simple. A parasite. |
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